Door-mat



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

`THEODORE J. STILLE AND OSCAR STILLE, OF ST. LOUlS, l\;ilSSOURl.

`noon- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,801, dated November 26, 1889.

Application led April 22, 1889.

.T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it'known that we, THEoDoEE J. S'rLLE and OSCAR Q; STILLE, of St. Louis, Missouri, have jointly made a new and useful Improvement in Door-Mats, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

Our improved door-mat is substantially of sheet metal, the major portion thereof being sheet metal cut and shaped substantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided by the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of the improved mat; Fig. 2, a cross-section, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 4, a view in perspective from above, showing a corner portion of the mat; Fig. 5, a view in perspective from beneath of a corner portion of the mat; Fig. 6, a detail showing in vertical section one of the mat-Scrapers and the adjoining base; and Fig. 7, 'a detail showing, bottom upward, one of the bosses used upon the under side of the base to elevate it from the supporting-surface.

The last four views are upon an enlarged scale.

Amodieation of a non-essential part (the rim) of the mat is shown in Fig. 5, and the Same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The improvement is mainly carried out by means of a perforated base having upwardlyextended projections', said projections forming that part of the mat against which the feet of the user of the mat are scraped and rubbed, and the perforations forming openings through which the mat is drained, and the projections being formed out of the portions of the base which are struck up to make the perforations. Legs may be applied to the base to elevate it, and thereby enable moisture to be more readily drained through the openings in the base and to strengthen and finish the structure, and at the same time provide means whereby the mat can be readily handled. The edges of the base are upturned to form a i'lange or rim, which may be constructed, stayed, or finished in any suitable manner.

A, Fig. 1, represents the most desirable form of carrying out the improvement, the base serial No. 308,179. (nommer.)

being shown at B, the openingsin the base at b, the Scrapers at (l, and the rim at D. The legs are shown in Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 7. Two differently-shaped legs we prefer to use in combination--namely, a channeled bar E and aboss Ef. One or more of the bars E are riveted to the under side of the base, substantially as is shown, and the bosses E', of which any desirable number may be used, are riveted or otherwise attached to the base, substantially' as is shown. The bars E serve also to stiften the structure.

lVhile the openings b'and the Scrapers may be variously shaped without departing from the principle of the improvement, we prefer the particular shapes shown-that is, the openings are rectangular in outline, and eX- tend, say, one inch in width by three inches in length, and the tongues b', which are stamped out of the base to form the open ings b, and which constitute the Scrapers C, are of corresponding shape and proportions. The openings might be wider and longer and of different outline. In forming the openings b the metal is not entirely detached from the base, but is left attached thereto in a tongue-like form, substantially as shown, and the tongues b are upturned, as shown, and the tongues of adjacent openings are preferably turned toward and preferably so as to substantially meet each other at the top, as shown, and when the tongues do thus meet at the top they serve to brace each other. The rim D is formed out of the flanges b2, andl it may be wired,` as shown at d, Figs. 1 and 4; or it may have corner-clips applied, as shown at d', Fig. 5. Vhen the clips d are used, the boss E may also serve as a fastening for the clip, as shown.

In 'using the Scrapers made asV described the foot can be drawn over the top and also against the ends and corners of the Scrapers.

By this means a light, strong, durable doormat is obtained. It can be plated, painted, galvanized, or otherwise suitably treated to finish it and to prevent corrosion. The legs E, above referred to as channel-bars, are in practice preferably of thin sheet metal, substantially such as that of which the base, the Scrapers, and the rim are made, and are shaped to resemble a channel-bar- By shap- IOO mat, the base thereof having the perforations and the scraper projections, said projections being arranged in pairs, and the projections of each pair being inclined to each other, as

ing and combining,` the parts as described We are enabled to construct the mat Of comparatively thin sheet metal.

l. The herein-described sheet-metal door- I described. 1nat,11aving the perforations, Scrapers, and I 'THEODORE J. STILLE. rim, said Scrapers and rim being,` integral OSCAR Q. STILLE. with the base of said mat, and said base being Vitnesses: providedwith legs, substantiallyas described. C. D. MOODY,

2. The herein-described sheet-metal door- D. \V. A. SANFORD. 

